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| has gloss | eng: The Wohlwill process is an industrial-scale chemical procedure used to refine gold to the highest degree of purity (99.999%). The process was invented in 1874 by Emil Wohlwill. This electrochemical process involves using a cast dore ingot, often called a dore bar, of 95%+ gold to serve as an anode. Lower percentages of gold in the anode will interfere with the reaction, especially when the contaminating metal is silver or one of the platinum group elements. The cathode(s) for this reaction are small sheets of pure (24k) gold sheeting. Current is applied to the system, and electricity travels through the electrolyte of chloroauric acid. Gold and other metals are dissolved at the anode, and pure gold (coming through the chlorauric acid by ion transfer) is plated onto the gold cathode. When the anode is dissolved, the cathode is removed and melted or otherwise processed in the manner required for sale or use. The resulting gold is 99.999% pure, and of higher purity than gold produced by the other common refining method, the Miller process, which produces gold of 99.95% purity. |
| lexicalization | eng: Wohlwill process |
| instance of | (noun) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia gold, atomic number 79, Au |
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| has gloss | fra: Le procédé Wohlwill est un procédé chimique industriel permettant la purification de lor au degré le plus élevé (99,999%). Le procédé a été inventé en 1874 par Emil Wohlwill. Il permet de purifier lor à un degré plus élevé que le procédé Miller (99,95%). |
| lexicalization | fra: procédé Wohlwill |
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